Rice Market Reform and Poverty in the Philippines

Key Philippine economic reforms face delays

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db236677 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

House Of Representatives ◽

The Philippines ◽

Public Utility ◽

Quota System ◽

Content Type ◽

Rice Market ◽

Major Player ◽

High Inflation ◽

The Government ◽

Definition Of

Subject The Philippines' economic liberalisation. Significance During his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) late last month, President Rodrigo Duterte reaffirmed his wish for the highly protected rice market to be liberalised and for a third major player to enter the telecoms market. For the rice market, bills to shift from the current quota system to a tariff-based one are at various stages in the House of Representatives and Senate. For the third telecoms player, the terms of reference for market entry await finalisation. Impacts The Philippines faces a growing threat of WTO action from Australia, Thailand and Vietnam against its rice quota system. The government will seek to narrow the definition of a public utility, which must be majority locally owned, to exclude telecoms. Continued high inflation could affect the 2019 midterm elections.

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Norms and Practice of Public Sphere Deliberations in the Philippines: A Case Study of Naga City’s Public Market Reform

Philippine Political Science Journal ◽

10.1163/2165025x-12340015 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 230-261

Author(s):

Rhea Ledesma-Gumasing

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Deliberative Democracy ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Secondary Data ◽

The Philippines ◽

Market Reform ◽

Reform Process ◽

The Public ◽

Public Market

Abstract This paper analyzes how the local public market enterprise in the Philippines was reformed through public deliberations and benchmarked with Habermas’ model of deliberative democracy. The findings reveal that the normative model and the public market reform experience of Naga City fit well – although the model should be complemented by empirical observations such as leadership and facilitators to support the periphery and iterative procedures for a functioning deliberative democracy. In addition, the study shows that considerations of the public sphere deliberations and procedural minima led to sustainable results and civic renewal, consistent with the long-term governance approach of Naga City. Case study research design and discourse analyses were adopted. Review of transcripts, face-to-face interviews with key stakeholders, and use of secondary data were utilized in reconstructing the reform process.

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Analysis of Indonesian Rice Price Transmission in The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Framework

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science Engineering and Technology ◽

10.32628/ijsrset196168 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 358-366

Author(s):

Debby Anggraeni ◽

Hermanto Siregar ◽

Tony Irawan

Keyword(s):

Secondary Data ◽

The Philippines ◽

Price Transmission ◽

Rice Market ◽

Rice Price ◽

Rice Prices ◽

Asean Countries ◽

Asean Economic Community ◽

Relationship Of

The policy of trade barriers carried out by ASEAN countries, especially rice-producing countries can hamper the achievement of long-term food security because it can obscure the transmission of price signals. This study aims to analyze the relationship of rice price transmission between Indonesia and other ASEAN countries, and also to analyze the effect of the application of AEC and other factors on rice prices in Indonesia. This study uses the VECM model using secondary data from January 2008 - December 2017. IRF analysis show that the response of the Indonesian rice market to the shock of the Thai and Vietnamese rice markets is greater than the response of the Indonesian rice market when there are shocks to the Philippines rice market. This is also reinforced by the results of the FEVD analysis which shows that variations in the price of Indonesian rice are largely explained by variations in rice prices of exporting countries (Thailand and Vietnam). It can be concluded that there has been an integration between Indonesian rice market with other ASEAN’s rice market (Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines) with the factors that affected Indonesian rice prices were exchange rate, world oil prices, ATIGA agreements and AEC integration.

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